Events DAM Europe 2025 Day 2 Track 1 The Power of Technology to Scale up Digitisation - the Science Museum Group’s (SMG) Diverse Collection - from Watches to Trains

The context:

As the world’s leading group of science museums, we share an unparalleled collection spanning science, engineering, mathematics and medicine with a global audience. We care for over ½ million objects together with millions of archive and photography items.

The diversity of the collection ranges from small, intricate watches to large, impressive trains.

The challenge:

To digitise the collection.

The strategy:

A two-pronged approach:

  • Enhanced-level digitisation for star objects on gallery and exhibitions.
  • Access-level digitisation at scale for all its collections for online audiences.

Covering:

Why good digital asset management, using smart technology, must be at the heart of building efficient digitisation processes. The DAM plays a crucial part.

Display Date and Time
27 June, 11:15
Track
1
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Speaker Groups
Speakers
Individual Course Speaker
Events Event Speaker Mary Freeman
Events Event Speaker Adrian Hine
Programmatic Date Range
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Session Title
The Power of Technology to Scale up Digitisation - the Science Museum Group’s (SMG) Diverse Collection - from Watches to Trains